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Wednesday March 6, 2013 | VOL. 116 NO. 97 | MARSHALL UNIVERSITY’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER | marshallparthenon.com

Burrito Riders to start servicing Huntington By MARLA NOWLIN

THE PARTHENON A new community service opportunity is coming to Huntington. The Burrito Riders, a group of volunteers who deliver breakfast burritos to those who are in need while spreading love and showing them the love of God, is expanding to Huntington this April. Tim Adkins, who is originally from Huntington, founded the group a year ago in Louisville, Ky. Adkins announced that his family would be moving back to his hometown to start a new branch of the Burrito Riders. Burrito Rider events have already taken place in Huntington to get the group’s name into the community and to generate interest and volunteerism.

“It was only natural to say, well if we are moving to Huntington, there will a Burrito Riders group in Huntington,” Adkins said. Adkins said the group has previously worked with the West Virginia Homeless Veterans Resource Center, Branches Domestic Violence Shelter, the Ronald McDonald House and the Huntington City Mission. Adkins said they have planted some seeds in Huntington and they are excited to watch the movement grow in the community. “During our first ride — there were five of us on bicycles — and we had a staggering 10 burritos and it took us every bit of three hours to deliver 10 burritos,” Adkins said.

During our first ride — there were five of us on bicycles — and we had a staggering 10 burritos and it took us every bit of three hours to deliver 10 burritos.” > TIM ADKINS, founder of The Burrito Riders

Just a year after the start of the organization, Burrito Riders has delivered more than 4,400 hot breakfast burritos to those in need. “It has been phenomenal,” Adkins said. “We’re at the point now where the last couple times we’ve gone out we’ve had about 250 burritos and we

deliver between 200-250 burritos in 90 minutes.” The Burrito Riders are currently in the process of filing as an LLC (Limited Liability Corporation). The organization is also looking into becoming an official non-profit organization. Adkins said there are logistical matters to sort out before they

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Marshall men’s basketball players celebrate their 88-84 win against Southern Miss., Tuesday at the Cam Henderson Center. RIGHT: Nigel Spikes dunks the basketball during the final home game of the season against Souther Miss., Tuesday.

Student helps community by volunteering THE PARTHENON In the world of volunteer work, sometimes people share a special connection with helping the less fortunate in an area they grew up in or are familiar with. Javon Williams, a Christian and experienced missions worker, said he has experience volunteering at Martha’s Table, a soup kitchen in Washington D.C., that provides meals, family support services and education programs. “I grew up in a low income part of Washington, D.C.,” Williams said. “I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to make

something of myself at Marshall and it’s important to me that I help people in need who may not have many resources.” Williams is a junior and still active in volunteer work during the summers when he travels back to Washington, D.C. to see family, as well as help out at Martha’s Table. Williams said he has a list of tasks he is responsible for as a volunteer. “Some days I help serve food to people during the day, and others I’ll help deliver groceries to families in need. There are several locations

around D.C. where Martha’s Table serves, so I volunteer where they need me the most,” Williams said. “I’m usually exhausted at the end of the day, but it’s a great feeling knowing I’m giving back to my community.” In addition to Martha’s Table, Williams has volunteered on several mission trips with his church to help build shelter and spread God’s word in countries such as Uganda and Peru. Williams said each trip has impacted him and that it influences his decisions today. “They were great experiences, really humbling,”

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Williams said. “After seeing the joy I could bring to people, I got inspired to help out locally. So, I figured what better place than my own city of D.C.” Williams said his volunteer work at Martha’s Table will be turning into an internship opportunity this summer. “I’m excited to see where it goes,” Williams said. “I feel like God’s called me to do mission work and I’ve always enjoyed helping others, so a full time opportunity would be an amazing thing.” The Parthenon can be contacted at parthenon@ marshall.edu.

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take that step, but they feel it will generate more support from businesses. “At this point, we are just a grassroots group of folks who just go out and spend time with folks,” Adkins said. “There’s nothing legit about us to this point.” The first ride of the Huntington Burrito Riders is scheduled for April 13 and will continue every second and fourth Saturday of each month. “The main kind of idea behind the burrito ride — because we do this on bicycles — is a chance for us to get out into the community, find the areas in need and serve them,” Adkins said. The Burrito Riders encourage any type of volunteerism or

donations. Adkins said his goal is to make helping out as convenient as possible for those interested. Anyone can make burritos, donate groceries, volunteer to join rides or donate money to the organization. “We invite everybody to serve and we encourage everybody to serve,” Adkins said. “Find something you’re passionate about and serve.” Adkins said his goal is to make serving the community obstacle-free. “The food’s just a vehicle, a reason to get in peoples’ faces and love on them,” Adkins said. “We get out there and spend time with these people and laugh and share, it’s a whole lot

By CHRIS HODGE

preserve, promote and provide access to Marshall’s scholarly output and make it available to the world.” Marshall Digital Scholar’s collection of theses, dissertations and capstones contains 419 records going back to 1946. Since Marshall Digital Scholar launched in 2012, items from the theses, dissertations and capstones collection have been downloaded a total of 47,196 times. In January 2013, theses dissertations and capstones had 5,866 full-text downloads and added four new submissions. The most downloaded article, “The Impact of Social Networking Sites on College Students’ Consumption Patterns,” by Whitney Sue Thoene, was downloaded 1,028 times in January. Marshall Digital Scholar also serves as the university’s digital archive, collecting and preserving the diverse output of the university’s publications from Board of Governor’s meeting reports to individual issues of the university newspaper, The Parthenon. Donna Spindel, dean of the Graduate College, said Marshall Digital Scholar gives students a chance to see the work Marshall was doing as a research institution. “Marshall Digital Scholar is a one stop shop for all of the creative and scholarly work of Marshall University,” Spindel said. “In a couple clicks users can get a picture of the quality of work our students and faculty are doing at Marshall University.” Spindel said Marshall Digital Scholar was also an essential tool for recruiting potential graduate students. “Our website is our greatest recruiting tool,” Spindel said. “Marshall Digital Scholar shows potential students that there’s not only a place for their research, but a network which will spread their research to the world.” Chris Hodge can be contacted at chris.hodge@ marshall.edu.

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Marshall Digital Scholar accepting faculty submissions for database THE PARTHENON Marshall Digital Scholar, Marshall University’s institutional repository, is accepting submissions of previously published work written by Marshall University faculty. Jingping Zhang, director of libraries operations, said faculty members have the opportunity to have their already published work added to Marshall Digital Scholar by submitting curriculum vitaes or lists of their published work to the Marshall Digital Scholar staff. “We’ll do the work for you,” Zhang said. “Just send us an email with your curriculum vitae or lists of your published work and we’ll work to gain the appropriate copyright clearances for your work and add your research to Marshall Digital Scholar.” All documents from Marshall Digital Scholar are available for review and research purposes free of cost, and once an article is uploaded to Marshall Digital Scholar, faculty members will be able to track how often each article is downloaded and receive monthly readership reports by email. Zhang said faculty members also have the opportunity to build and edit individual faculty profiles on Marshall Digital Scholar. Faculty pages can feature biographies, contact information, links to downloadable full-text documents, mailing lists and more. “Faculty profiles give Marshall University’s faculty a digital landing page, which highlights their individual achievements and research, while enhancing Marshall’s visibility, status and value as a research institution,” Zhang said. Since launching in January 2012, Marshall Digital Scholar has added 1,441 full-text articles that have been downloaded a total of 75,475 times. “The goal of Marshall Digital Scholar is to bring all of the university’s research under one umbrella,” Zhang said. “It was designed to collect, record,

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